| Bury St Edmunds | |
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Bury St Edmunds shown within Suffolk |
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| Population | 35,015 (2001 Census) |
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| District | St Edmundsbury |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BURY ST EDMUNDS |
| Postcode district | IP28-IP33 |
| Dialling code | 01284 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Bury St Edmunds |
| List of places: UK • England • Suffolk | |
Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England, and was formerly the county town of West Suffolk. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government See also St Edmundsbury local elections Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. 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Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A county town is the 'capital' of a County in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. West Suffolk was an Administrative county of England created in 1889 from part of the county of Suffolk. It is also the seat of the East of England Regional Assembly. The East of England Regional Assembly is the regional assembly for the East of England region of the United Kingdom. It is the main town in the borough of St Edmundsbury and is probably most famous for the ruined abbey that stands near the town centre. See also St Edmundsbury local elections This article is about ruins in Architecture; for other meanings see Ruins (disambiguation. An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or The town is closely associated with Magna Carta, in 1214 the barons of England are believed to have met in the Abbey Church and swore that they would force King John to accept the Charter of Liberties, the document which influenced the creation of the Magna Carta. Magna Carta ( Latin for Great Charter, literally " Great Paper " also called Magna Carta Libertatum ( Great Charter of Freedoms It was also the setting for two Witch trials, the first under the direction of the Witchfinder General[1][2] the second used as a reference in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and 1693. The Bury St Edmunds witch trials were a series of trials conducted in the Town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England intermittently between the years 1599 Matthew Hopkins ( ca 1620 - 1647 was an English Witchhunter whose career flourished in the time of the English Civil War. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before local magistrates followed by county court Trials to prosecute people accused of Witchcraft in Essex [2][3][4] During the Second World War, the USAAF operated an airfield outside the town. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF) was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II. RAF Bury St Edmunds (also known as Rougham is a former World War II airfield in England. [5] The Hereditary High Steward of the Liberty of St Edmund is The Marquess of Bristol. Frederick William Augustus Hervey 8th Marquess of Bristol (born 19 October 1979) succeeded his elder half-brother the 7th Marquess (1954&ndash1999
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Near to the gardens stands Britain's first internally illuminated street sign, the pillar of salt. Pillar of Salt is the name of an A grade 2 listed road sign on Angel Hill Bury St Edmunds in the United Kingdom, thought to be the first internally When built, it had to be granted special permission because it did not conform to regulations. Bury St Edmunds is the terminus of the A1101, Great Britain's lowest road. The A1101 is the lowest Road in Great Britain, along its 53 mile approx See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands
There is an extensive network of tunnels in the town which are evidence of chalk-workings,[6] though there is no evidence of an extensive network of tunnels under the town centre. Some buildings have inter-communicating cellars. Due to their unsafe nature the chalk-workings are not open to the public, although special viewing has been granted to individuals in the past. Some have caused subsidence in living history.
Amongst the other noteworthy buildings is St Mary's Church. The Tudor King Henry VIII's sister, Mary Tudor, was re-buried in Bury's St Mary's Church, after being moved from the Abbey after her brother's dissolution of the Church six year after her death. The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor was an English royal Dynasty that lasted 118 years from 1485 to 1603 a period known as the Tudor period A king is a male Monarch, or a Head of state, who may or may not depending on the style of government of a nation exercise monarchal powers over a territory usually Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of Mary Tudor may refer to Mary I of England, daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon d Queen Victoria had a stained glass window fitted into the church to commemorate Mary's interment. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [7]
On 3 March 1974 a Turkish Airlines DC10 jet Flight 981 crashed near Paris killing all 346 people on board. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Turkish Airlines Inc ( Turkish Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı) (THY is the national airline of Turkey based in İstanbul Turkish Airlines Flight 981, registration TC-JAV was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 which crashed just outside Senlis, France, on March 3 Among the victims were 17 members of the Bury St Edmunds rugby club, returning from a trip to Paris.
The Town Council election on 3 May 2007 was won by the "Abolish Bury Town Council" party. [8] The party lost its majority following a by-election in June 2007 and, to date, the Town Council is still in existence. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant [9]
The name borough is an etymological derivative of Bury , which has cognates in other Germanic languages such as the Old Norse "borg" meaning "wall, castle"; and Gothic "baurgs" meaning "city". A borough is an Administrative division of various countries In principle the term borough designates a self-governing Township although in practice Etymology is the study of the History of Words &mdash when they entered a language from what source and how their form and meaning have changed over time Cognates in Linguistics are words that have a common origin They may occur within a language such as shirt and skirt as two English words descended from Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age Gothic is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. They all derive from Proto-Germanic *burgs meaning "fortress". Proto-Germanic, or Common Germanic, is the hypothetical common ancestor ( Proto-language) of all the Germanic languages such as modern English This in turn derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhrgh meaning "fortified elevation", with cognates including Welsh "bera", "stack" and Sanskrit bhrant- "high, elevated building". Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical
In the centre of Bury St Edmunds lies the remains of an abbey, surrounded by the Abbey Gardens, a park. Bury St Edmunds Abbey was once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or The abbey is a shrine to Saint Edmund, the Saxon King of the East Angles, who was killed by the Danes in 869 AD. For the 13th century Archbishop see St Edmund of Abingdon. Edmund the Martyr (841&ndash 20 November 869) was a The town initially grew around Bury St Edmunds Abbey, a site of pilgrimage, and developed into a flourishing cloth making town by the 14th century. Bury St Edmunds Abbey was once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England
The abbey was largely destroyed during the 16th century with the dissolution of the monasteries but Bury remained a prosperous town throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the formal process between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded As would be expected of a town in such a rural area, Bury fell into relative decline with the onset of the industrial revolution and accordingly remains an attractive market town. The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture manufacturing and transportation had a profound effect on the
The Abbey Gardens which surround the ruins had an Internet bench installed in the late 1990s, which allowed anyone to plug in a portable computing device and connect to the Internet. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks It was the first bench of its kind, though within the first week of it's being there, two teenagers discovered a flaw: that one could also make free telephone calls from the bench. They phoned the Borough Council (owners of the bench) to notify them, then they attempted to contact Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, in person to tell him about this problem. A borough is an Administrative division of various countries In principle the term borough designates a self-governing Township although in practice If you would like to experiment with Wikipedia please copy Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer [10]
Bury St Edmunds Cathedral was created when the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich was formed in 1914. St Edmundsbury Cathedral is the Cathedral for the Church of England 's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. St Edmundsbury Cathedral is the Cathedral for the Church of England 's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The Diocese of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich is a Church of England Diocese based in Ipswich, covering Suffolk (excluding Lowestoft The cathedral was extended with a new eastern end in the 1960s, commemorated by Benjamin Britten's Fanfare for St Edmundsbury, and a completely new Gothic revival cathedral tower was built as part of a major millennium project running from 2000 to 2005. Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, The Fanfare for St Edmundsbury is a piece of Music written by the British composer Benjamin Britten for a "Pageant of Magna Carta" in the The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began The opening celebration for the new tower took place in July 2005, and included a brass band concert and fireworks display. A brass band is a Musical group generally consisting entirely of Brass instruments, most often with a percussion section Despite this there are still parts of the cathedral that remain uncompleted, including the cloisters Many areas of the cathedral remain inaccessible to the general public due to ongoing building work. A cloister (from Latin claustrum) is a part of Cathedral, Monastic and Abbey architecture The tower makes St Edmundsbury the only recently completed Anglican cathedral in the UK, no other is being built or extended and, indeed, only a handful of Gothic revival cathedrals are currently being built worldwide. The tower was constructed using original fabrication techniques by six highly skilled masons placed the machine pre-cut stone individually, as they arrived on site.
The town has the small but enormously significant Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds built by National Gallery architect William Wilkins in 1819. The Theatre Royal is a restored Regency Theatre in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. William Wilkins RA ( 31 August 1778 &ndash 31 August 1839) was an English Architect, Classical scholar It is the sole surviving Regency Theatre left in the country and even after nearly 200 years remains a vital part of the town's cultural identity. Artistic trends Regency architecture Regency fashions Regency dance Regency novels The theatre, which is owned by the National Trust underwent a major restoration between 2005 and 2007. The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales Appeal Patron Dame Judi Dench:
| “ | The Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds holds a unique place in the history of theatre in this country as well as a special place in my heart. Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA, (born 9 December, 1934) usually known as Judi Dench, is an English The restoration of one of the last Georgian theatres in the country will ensure a vital part of our theatrical heritage will survive for future generations. The arts Especially during the mid-18th century the period was marked by cultural vibrancy with the establishment of the British Museum in 1753 and the contributions | ” |
It presents a full programme of performances and is also open for public tours.
Moyse's Hall Museum is one of the oldest (c. 1180) domestic buildings in East Anglia open to the public. It has collections of fine art, for example Mary Beale, costume, e. Mary Beale (née Cradock ( March 26, 1633 - 1699 was an English Portrait painter. g. Charles Frederick Worth, horology, local and social history; including Red Barn Murder and Witchcraft. Charles Frederick Worth ( October 13, 1825 &ndash March 10, 1895) widely considered the Father of Haute Couture, was an English Horology (from Greek ώρα, "hour time" and λόγος Logos, "study speech" lit The Red Barn Murder was a notorious murder committed in Polstead, Suffolk, England, in 1827 Witchcraft, in various historical anthropological religious and mythological contexts is the use of certain kinds of Supernatural or magical powers [11]
The town holds an annual festival in May. This including concerts, plays, dance, and lecturers culminating in fireworks. Bury St Edmunds is home to Englands oldest Scout Group, 1st Bury St Edmunds (Mayors Own).
The town's football club, Bury Town, are recognised as the fourth oldest non-league team in England. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Bury Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. [12] They are currently members of the Isthmian League Division One North. History A previous First Division North (note the slightly different name existed for two seasons from 2002-03 till 2003-04.
The Greene King brewery is to be found in Bury. Greene King ( is a British Brewery established in 1799 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of Beer, though beer can be made in the home and has been for much of beer's history The other brewery in Bury St Edmunds is The Old Cannon Brewery and public house on Cannon Street near the railway station. The Old Cannon Brewery is a Brewpub in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK. Bury St Edmunds Railway station serves the town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. The brewing vessels, which were made for an exhibition in Japan in 1997, can be seen in the front room. Just outside the town is Bartrums Brewery, which is situated on Rougham airfield but originally started in the village of Thurston.
Another famous beer-related landmark is Britain's smallest public house, The Nutshell, which is on The Traverse, just off the town's marketplace. The Nutshell in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England is thought to be the smallest Pub in Britain although this claim is challenged by several
Bury's largest landmark is the British Sugar factory near the A14, which processes sugar beet into refined crystal sugar. British Sugar plc is a subsidiary of Associated British Foods and the sole British producer of Sugar from Sugar beet. Sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris L a member of the Chenopodiaceae family is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of Sucrose. It was built in 1925 and processes beet from around 1,300 growers. 660 lorry loads of beet can be accepted each day during a processing "campaign", when beet is being harvested. Not all the beet can be crystallised immediately, and some is kept in solution in holding tanks until late spring and early summer, when the plant has spare crystallising capacity. The sugar is sold under the Silver Spoon brand name (the other major British sugar brand, Tate & Lyle, is made from imported sugar cane). Tate & Lyle PLC ( is a UK -based multinational agri-processor listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE. Sugarcane ( Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae By-products include molassed sugar beet feed for cattle and LimeX70, a soil improver. When the wind is in a certain direction a smell of burnt starch from the plant is very noticeable. As of September 2007, persistent local rumours and a report on BBC Radio Suffolk suggest that the site is to be sold in 2012 to Merlin Entertainments Group, the owners of the Staffordshire theme park Alton Towers, with a view to rebuilding half the site as a similar attraction, whilst the rest of the land would be developed into housing and amenities. Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd is the biggest operator of Amusement parks and other attractions in Europe, and the second largest operating globally after Disney Alton Towers is a Theme park and Resort located in the grounds of a former stately home in Staffordshire, England.
Notable people from Bury St Edmunds include artist and printer Sybil Andrews, actor Bob Hoskins, theatre director Sir Peter Hall , author Maria Lousie de la Ramé (aka Ouida), World War II Canadian general Guy Simonds and the Eighteenth Century English landscape architect Humphry Repton, as well as Thomas Clarkson main fact-finder behind the abolition of the slave trade. Sybil Andrews ( 19 April 1898 - December 1993 was a British -born ( Bury St Edmunds) Canadian printmaker best known for her modernist Robert William "Bob" Hoskins Jr (born 26 October 1942 is an English Actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters and Ouida ( January 1, 1839 &ndash January 25, 1908) was the Pen name of the English Novelist Maria Louise Lieutenant General Guy Granville Simonds CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD, ( April 23, 1903 - May 15 Humphry Repton ( 21 April 1752 &ndash 24 March 1818) was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century Thomas Clarkson ( 28 March 1760 &ndash 26 September 1846) abolitionist, was born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire The Society for effecting the abolition of the slave trade was a British abolitionist group formed on May 22, 1787, when twelve men gathered together at
Notable bands from Bury St Edmunds include Jacob's Mouse, Miss Black America, The Dawn Parade and Kate Jackson (of The Long Blondes)
Although not from Bury St Edmunds, the BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel lived nearby in Great Finborough and on 12 November 2004, his funeral took place at the Cathedral. Jacob's Mouse was a three-piece Indie rock band from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Miss Black America (MBA was a rock band based in Suffolk England. The Dawn Parade were a British rock band from Bury St Edmunds formed in 2000 Kate Jackson, (born 16 September, 1979) is the lead-singer with British band The Long Blondes. The Long Blondes are a five-piece English Indie rock band from Sheffield, United Kingdom circa 2004 John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio Great Finborough is a rural village in Suffolk, England about 3 miles south-west of Stowmarket and near one of the sources of the River Gipping Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [13] It was attended by over a thousand people including many of the artists he had championed throughout his career. During a peak of local musical activity in Bury St Edmunds in 2002, he referred (tongue-in-cheek) to the town as 'The New Seattle'.
Whilst not resident in the town, the actor Ian McShane was given Freedom of the Borough in 1996 after he played the title role in the popular television series Lovejoy, which was filmed in and around Bury, raising the profile of the town. Ian McShane (born September 29 1942) is a Golden Globe -winning English Actor. Lovejoy is a series of Picaresque novels by John Grant (under the Pen name Jonathan Gash about the adventures of Lovejoy a British